Corset fastening



W. M. DECKER. CORSET PASTENING.

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A CORSET FASTENING.

No. 898,988. Patented Peb. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

YWILLIAM M. DUcKER, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,036, dated February19, 1889. i'

Application filed November 16, 1888. SerialNo. 290,992. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. DUCKER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset-Fastenings;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the ac- 1 companying drawings, which form part of` in use, which willproject but little beyondthe steels, and which can be readily covered topresent a neat appearance by the usual coverings employed for suchpurpose.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front View of corset-steels uncovered,showing my fastenings applied and engaged to hold the parts together.Fig. 2 is a similar view with the fastcnings disengaged. Fig. 3 is anenlarged plan view of the catch b. Fig. 4. is a section on the line fc.r of Fig. 3 and a side view of the catch e. Fig. 5 is aV plan view ofthe catch c, also enlarged. Fig. 6 is a front view of part of a corset,showing my improvement applied and the steels covered. Fig. 7 is an Iedge view ot' the side G of the corset, showing i the openings forreceiving the engaging ends of the catches e.

Similar letters of reference indicate like to be disengaged on beingpulled downward parts in all the drawings.

A B are corset-steels of any ordinary kind in use. On the steel Areceiving-catches a, b, and c are secured, andl on the steel Bengaging-catches d c are secured in any wellknown manner, as by suitablerivets.

The receiving-catch ay consists of a flat.

piece of metal provided with an opening, a', which is directly rivetedto the steel A, and

dantly large for the reception of the hook part d without having thepart a project unnecessarily beyond the steel A, that steel may berecessed slightly at the opening a', as indicated in Fig. 2. Theengaging-catch d is provided at its end with a hook, d', formed byturning its end back upon itself, and this hook d is of suitable lengthto make secure engagement in the hole a with the part a. Theengaging-catches c e are all alike-and are made by bending up at a rightangle the ends e of the catch-piece e, as shown clearly in Fig. A.

Y The receiving-catch c consists of two parts. The upper slotted part,c, has a suitable slot, c', to take in the bent-up end e', this partbeing made of spring metal. Under this and between it and the steel A aguide-plate, g, is secured, which consists of a thin piece of metalconveniently secured in place by the rivets that fasten the piece c tothe steel A. This guide-plate g is provided with a bentover end, f,between which end and the steel A the edge of the covering corset-clothis in -v serted, and this end fprevents the edge of the corset-clothworking into the channel or guideway provided for the entrance ot theengaging end of the catch e. The edges g g of the part g are bent up oneach side, and upon these bent-up parts rests the springcatch c. Thus achannel or guideway is formed between them for the ready insertion ofthe end c of the catch e.

The receivingcatch b is similar to the catch c; buti'nstead of having aslot, c', inclosed on four sides it is provided with a slot, c2, open atthe bottom, the upper spring-piece being' cut away rounding, as clearlyshown at z' in the drawings. In this catch lthe lower upturned part ofthe guide-piece g is made aring downward, as indicated at g2, and allowsthe part c of the hook e engaging therewith and outward, passing betweenthe raised part g2 and thc rounded edge li of the spring-piece b. Insewing the corset-coverings onto the steels the seam must be soadjust-ed that no part of the cloth will come into the way of the ends eof the engaging-hooks e, the seams terminating on eac-h side of thereceivingcatches, as clearly shown in Fig. 7.

in order to permit the opening to be abunl By this arrangement of thecatches very im- IOC portant advantages are secured. In the lirst place,the cloth covering can be readily secured over the steels in a propermanner, as the outer edges of the parts a c and the upper edge of thepart l) and flaring shoulder g2 of the central catches lorm dist-inetguides l'or the sewers. lhc engaging surfaces do not ehale upon thecloth of the covering' as the engaging pieces e, which are required topass under the covering cloth, pass into a metal guideway consisting oi'the under side of the upper sln'ing-catches, the guide-plate g, and sideshoulders, g g or g By this arrangement of the parts the corset-steelscan also be neatly covered, leaving only small portions of theEastenings projeetii'ig.

The operation of my invention is as l'ollows: The hook fl is iirstcaught into the eye cf. VWhen that is don c, it is only necessary tobrin g the lower parts ot' the steels together,` as the engaging parts ec readily7 pass into the channels provided l'or them and snap into theirrespective slots. In disengaging the corset the upper and lower catchesare first disengaged, the lower catch by slightly turning the used toadvantage on that part of the steel where the greatest pressure isexerted by the body of the wearer when the corset is in use; but I donot limit myselt' to any particular number of such open-slot catches inany corset.

I do not claim in this application the closed slot-catch c, as that isthe subject ol' au independent application li'or apatent now pendingtiled September 25, .l 98S, Serial No. 296,31; but,

Having thus described my invention, Vwhat I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Iletters Patent, isw

l. The combination of the terusebste(ls A IS, provided with the eye aand hook: l catch, at one extremity, and the closed slotc and engagingouter edges of the steels A B toward each other an dV shown.

outwardly, which will force up the outer edge ot'v the sprin g-plate cand disen gage the catch e from the slot f", and the upper catch' bytwisting the hook. d out of the eye a., and when these two catches aredisengaged a slight downward pull of the steel B will bring the catchparts e e of the intermediate fastenings, Z) b, opposite the roundedportions i i of their spring-catches l) i), when the pressure of thebody olf the wearer within the corset will separate the parts, theportions e c disengaging from their respective catches by Inovingoutward between the flaring shoulders g2 and the rounded portions 1T.

I have shown two of the open-slottelfl catches disposed between thelocking or end catches, and this number I have found most convenient forgeneral use, as this form oi' catch is piece e catch, at the otherextremity, and having between such catches one or more catchesconsisting' oi an engaging part, c, and springpiece Z7, having an openslot, e2, a rounded cutaway part, `i, a gui de-plate, g, withturned-under partf, shoulder g', and downwardly-ilarin g shoulder g2,adapted to permit the engaging part e to be withdrawn. by a downward andoutward movement, substa utially as d esc ribed 2. The corset-fasteningdescribed, consist ing of the spring catch-piece l), provided with theopenV slot c2, and having a rounded edge, i, a supporting guide-piece,g, provided with a turned-under portion, j", the uliiturned supportingpart g', and uptu rned supporting par t g2, Haring away from the roundededge i, in combination with the engaging part e and catch e', adapted toenter between the guidepiece g and springpiece '6,10 engage in the slotc2, and to be disengaged by being drawn downward and outward,substantially as de scribed and shown.

VILLIAM MA. lliflilill.

W'tneSSeS:

PATRICK HENRY l3nt i wr, CARWIN H. PIKE.

